South Side, CHICAGO (December 3, 2012) – Nationally-renowned
political commentator and community advocate Lenny McAllister announced today
that he will run for the seat in Illinois’ 2nd Congressional District currently
vacant after the resignation of Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. McAllister calls
for the people of the district to look beyond career politicians and accept a
candidate who can reach across the aisle for bipartisan accountability and
accessibility.

“The Second Congressional District – like much of America – finds
itself at a set of critical crossroads. In this time of economic crisis,
political upheaval, community endangerment, and partisan gridlock, the
constituents need leadership beyond limiting labels,” said McAllister.

McAllister is a noted public speaker and activist that is well
known for being outspoken against both political parties on key issues over
recent years on local, state, national, and international platforms. Known
throughout grassroots circles in the Chicagoland and throughout the nation,
McAllister has been instrumental in efforts that included shaping laws with
local leaders that further protect domestic violence victims and standing along
with the NAACP to oppose recent discriminatory voter laws, including the
Pennsylvania mandate that was overturned before the 2012 presidential election.

McAllister, who is finishing up post-election meetings in
Washington, DC before returning to Chicago, recently provided analysis on the
2012 elections for multiple local, national and international outlets over the
past four months including WBEZ in Chicago, Vocalo Radio, WGN, BET, CNN, HLN,
Radio New Zealand, Canadian Broadcast Corporation, and Sun News Network (in Canada).
He was also featured on a bus tour with liberal-leaning Politic365 throughout
Florida and North Carolina to talk with college students about the 2012
election. He finished up the election season touring the swing state of
Virginia.

The McAllister family resided along the 2nd District border in
Hyde Park during their time in Chicago, and will likely move closer into the
district.

“I enjoy being within the pulse of the south side, so I am quite
attached to this area and regularly walking the streets and riding CTA with my
neighbors and friends throughout the northern part of the district,” McAllister
said. “However, being more centralized provides value, too, so I’ll talk to my
wife and we’ll make a family decision that allows me to have a presence throughout
the district as well.” _____________________________________________________________________

“The Second Congressional District – like much of America – finds
itself at a set of critical crossroads. In this time of economic crisis,
political upheaval, community endangerment, and partisan gridlock, the
constituents of the Second Congressional District need leadership beyond
limiting labels.

The diverse people of the Second Congressional District, from
conservative Kankakee County to the proud people of the South Side of Chicago
that I regularly called family as a member of WVON, demand and deserve a true
statesman that connects with and serves the full diversity within the district,
not more career politicians that will only pander to their special interests
and machine agendas. These hard-working Americans require a representative that
has a record at the local, national, and international levels of advocating for
justice, holding all sides accountable for the sake of improving communities
within the Second District and America across our rich diversity, even when it
is unpopular, uncomfortable, or unwise from a selfish perspective. After all,
justice, prosperity, and advancement are selfless and have no partisan labels
or no permanent allies. They only have permanent goals for a better future for
us all. Therefore, it’s time for bipartisan accountability and accessibility.
It’s finally time for well-rounded results for the constituents of the district
moving forward.

“That is why, as the only candidate capable of uniting and serving
the full diversity of the Second Congressional District as “One Big Team” (our
campaign slogan), I announce my candidacy to become the next Congressman to
represent the fine people of the Second Congressional District of Illinois.
With my diverse team of community members, talented professionals, and
political veterans already on-board for this campaign, we stand ready to serve
the people of the Second Congressional District in a manner that befits the
best of our aspirations as Americans in the 21st century.

“You know me. I am one of you. I have shared regularly how much I
love you all as a child of God, a Black man in America, and a proud citizen of
these United States. I have spoken up for those that often do not have a voice
in America regardless of their demographic backgrounds, even when politics as
usual remained silent or toxic.

Today, I am humbled and show my love through potentially serving
my fellow Americans in Congress. Like you and like America, I understand the
need for the people of the Second Congressional District to get through a
difficult first act in this century, one marred by the aftermath of September
11, political divisiveness, and the Great Recession. Like you, I know that once
we collectively move past this first act, the Second Act for us all promises
prosperity, safety, and advancement inclusively.

“I assure you: the Democratic Machine is willing to say and do
anything to win this seat in the special election, a seat they inaccurately
believe belongs to them. However, because I love the people of this district
and Americans across our rich diversity, at this unique time in our nation’s
political history, I am willing to go through anything that they will do in
order to preserve a seat that we rightfully know belongs to you. You, the
people of the Second Congressional District in Illinois, are hard-working,
passionate Americans. You simply seek to succeed moving forward in a Second Act
of prosperity that leads us past the prior act of economic upheaval, community
instability, and professional and personal disappointments we encountered
during past and current turbulent times. It is time to work together, succeed
together, and improve our communities together.”

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